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Nike’s Web3 Platform .SWOOSH Will Reward Creators for Virtual Sneaker Designs
25.1.2023
The global sportswear brand is offering a $5,000 cash prize and a chance to collaborate with Nike designers on a one-of-one virtual sneaker
Nike’s .SWOOSH is scheduled to launch on January 25
25.1.2023
The community-based Web3 platform, .SWOOSH, has been scheduled to go live on January 25, 2023. The news was broken to the community by the Senior Product Manager of Nike – Jasmine Gao. Jasmine has published a tweet through an official Twitter handle referring to the project as its studio...
Nifty News: Porsche ends 'low effort' NFT mint early, Oreo dunks into the Metaverse and more
25.1.2023
Porsche’s first foray into NFTs appears to have flopped after recording underwhelming sales and was heavily criticized by the community
Nike’s NFT Brand RTFKT COO Gets Hacked, Loses Nearly $200,000 in NFTs – Here’s What Happened
4.1.2023
RTFKT COO Nikhil Gopalani has fallen victim to a "clever" phishing scheme that drained almost $200,000 worth of NFTs from his wallet.
In a Tuesday tweet, Gopalani said that he lost his collection of NFTs, which included Clone X NFTs and items from other collections, to a scammer in an apparent...
Nifty News: Solana NFT trading volume, Nike RTFKT COO hacked, and more
4.1.2023
Twitch streamer and NFT project founder DNP3 admitted in a Twitter post that he gambled and lost investor funds
4 ‘emerging narratives’ in crypto to watch for: Trading firm
26.12.2022
The crypto trading firm sees NFTs becoming more intertwined with brand IP, while Web3 apps with "real world utility" gain traction
FTX Collapse Has Rekindled Security and Reliability Concerns for Web3 Projects Says Marketing Expert
17.12.2022
The fallout from the collapse of failed crypto exchange FTX is forcing Web3 brands, and projects previously focused on managing the public’s perception, to concentrate on fighting for their very legitimacy, Laura K. Inamedinova, a Web3 marketing expert, has said. Besides just trying...
Nike unveils NFT platform: Nifty Newsletter, Nov. 9–15
16.11.2022
An image of the sandals worn by Steve Jobs was minted as a nonfungible token and sold for over $200,000
Nike Launches Web3 Platform Offering Virtual Apparel and Other NFT-Based Products
15.11.2022
Sportswear giant Nike has launched .Swoosh, a new Web3 platform that will be used to launch virtual apparel like t-shirts and sneakers for avatars.
Nike became one of the biggest fashion-world players in Web3 in mid-December last year when the company acquired RTFKT, a virtual sneakers company...
Nike steps up its Web3 platform with .SWOOSH launch
15.11.2022
Nike has quickly pulled up its socks to realize that the new generation of athletes and fans are shifting their focus to the upcoming Web3 technology. Taking note of this point, Nike has announced .SWOOSH, a project that houses several virtual collections of the brand while giving its co-creators...
Nifty News: Nike unveils NFT platform, Steve Jobs' sandals sell for $200K and more
15.11.2022
A one-of-a-kind NFT of the Birkenstocks sandals worn by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs at various times during his life has sold for over $200,000
Nike Sprints Into Web3 With New .SWOOSH Platform
14.11.2022
The footwear giant’s latest Web3 move will allow community members to create and trade their own digital collectibles
Adidas Is Turning Homer's 'Walking Into The Bushes' Meme Into A Sneaker
28.10.2022
It hasn’t been a great month for Adidas, but if the German sportswear giant can be counted on one thing these days (or over the last 20 years), it’s finding ways to squeeze some cash out of licensed sneaker deals. Next up: The Simpsons.Read more
Nike’s Venture into Web3 Isn’t About Tech – It’s About Culture
20.10.2022
Iconic brands including Nike, Gucci have made $260M off NFT sales
23.8.2022
Nonfungible tokens give major brands new ways of interacting with their consumers spanning art, fashion and gaming
The Story Of Nike's Street Fighter Sneaker And Its Botched Release
17.8.2022
Evo Moment 37 is one of the most famous showdowns in video game history, a comeback so incredible that even those of you who know nothing about fighting games have probably seen it at some point. It’s so important, in fact, that to mark the occasion, a few years back Nike started working on a shoe...
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Criticizes Corporate Metaverse Attempts — ‘Anything Facebook Creates Now Will Misfire’
1.8.2022
On Saturday, the co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, took to Twitter and gave his perspective on the “existing corporate attempts to create the metaverse.” Buterin noted that a metaverse will happen, but he doesnt believe the current corporate metaverse attempts are going...
Initial D x Nike Dunks Are Just Lovely
8.7.2022
While the Dunk craze is surely reaching its saturation point—I was in Sydney earlier this week and it felt like 40% of kids were rocking Pandas—there’s always room for innovation and amazing design work on the decades-old shoe. It just doesn’t always have to come from Nike themselves.Read more
Nifty News: NFT and Web3 gaming console to launch in 2024, Chinese firms to check ID for NFT buying, and more
5.7.2022
The console's creators say it will be compatible with eight blockchains and have its own digital wallet, token, and marketplace, with a prototype coming in “a few months.”
Nifty News: “Blue-chips” halve in value, free-to-mint “Goblintown” volume surges, Nike buys another ENS domain
30.5.2022
Data on the most well recognized nonfungible token (NFT) projects show that key metrics have fallen with floor prices and market capitalization over the past month